My textbook loops made no sense until I built a number guessing game.

Yeah, I used to chase that standard metric of just getting bigger at all costs. Talking to someone who built a real community spot, not just a revenue stream, flipped that for me. Now I see growth as deepening what you already have, not just adding more. It's about better connections, not just more customers.

Feel your pain on that one. A good dye penetrant test before hydro saves me a lot of headaches.